Tusko the elephant rampages through Sedro-Woolley on May 15, 1922

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Via: Historylink.org

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Clouds of chicken feathers burst from the coop, followed closely by the squawking, flapping birds themselves. Splinters and straw scattered in all directions as the coop walls came crashing down.

The Widow Dietz, stirred from slumber by the commotion in her backyard, rushed through her house, flinging open the rear door to see what was the matter. The last thing she expected to find was a seven-and-a-half-ton elephant standing where her chicken shed had been, its nine-foot tusks draped with twisted cage wire, feathers festooning its flapping Indian ears and the beast’s feet dancing a jig on her next morning’s supply of eggs.

Seeing the stunned Mrs. Dietz, the wayward mammoth raised his great gray trunk and let loose a triumphant trumpet call guaranteed to rouse the entire population of Sedro-Woolley.

http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?displaypage=output.cfm&file_id=5270

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photo: I looked, but was unsuccessful in finding a photo of Mrs Dietz.

However, the mention  of the chicken shed, got me thinking of my fellow Washingtonian, Ma Kettle (played brilliantly, by the late and great, Marjorie Main).

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